Arkansas Democrat from Little Rock, Arkansas • Page 7

CHANCELLOR PROVISIONS CAN COTTOHj GRAIN By Judge Wood Western Union Telegraph Company vs. Crenshaw; rerersed awl dismissed. Swalm vs. Morris; reversed, By Judge Hart' Cache Valley Lumber Company vs. Culver Company; reversed and dismissed.

Independence Commty vs Toonllnson; affirmed. Barton vs. Holton; reversed slid remand- The Kimball A Piano for Everybody mm Cam'M1 iaL I Temptation The temptation of self -gratification keetps the great mass of the poor. small, percentage of have the' grit to live Within their means and aside a portion of it earnings as a nest egg of a u-' tuts fortune. Do not tempt yourself by carrying all your money in your pocket.

Be business-like, deposit some of it with us; yon will think twice before drawing it. Your account will "the artist finds the full realization of his ideals, in the Kimball. The musician prefers it because it satisfies every musical requirement. The scholar wants a (Kimball because it makes learning easy. i And because of all this Kimball Pianos have been purchased by more than 200,000 people.

ESTABLISHED 1853. A Hollenberg Music Co. The Best; the Largest, the Oldest Piano House in the Southwest. The Little Rock Trus Company Railroads if ed Daily by the Little Rock me uiu? uock ruDiisning ES PUZZLE THE OFFICERS Logan H. Wells Believed to Be Men-f tally Unbalanced Two Other Oases That Caused the Police Court Trouble This Morning.

s. Logan H. Wells was arrested at an early hour morning wandering ab6nt the kmity of the power-nouse of he electric light lanu and was in court this' morn'ing; There is no charge of any sort against the man, and it was thought at first that he drunk to'6 But it develops that he was not He ds well dressed ana appears prosperous. He had a diamond ring, and 50 in money when he was in charge by the ofScera. He told the court that he was trying to dodge the United States marshal, and to others who asked him what he was doing at the' power plant, he said he Was jut trying to fool the boys.

The officers believe he is mentally unbalanced. He was Iheld at1 polwe headquarters for further investigation. Joe Kelley and Cuba Crutchfleld were arrested yesterday on a charge of taking 20 from Mrs. Wilbur Lyons. It develops that the two men are connected with some sort of a show, and they weerjwaitirig here for orders.

The woman is well connected, and fame here, she says, to take treatment at a local sanitariM habit. There was evidence among her "Tetters that $50' had been sent to her by relatives. She had (been with the two men, but it was at her request that they went with her to, a hotel, anLtpthe telegraph office to assist her in sending a. message, she told thorn she was sick. Kelley, it seems, came here with some money and had missed $20 himself.

He thought the woman had takenu it, but when he was searched by the officers' the $20 was found among some stage money he had used in the show where ihe had been an There was everything to, con vince the officers that the belonged to' him and that he did not rob the woman and both the men were released. The woman 'is well (Connected, and it seems that her former huefoand was well known in' the State, and that he left considerable property. She married Lyons some tie ago, and it seems pom her rambling talk that they have not been congenial. She is known to some of the most prominent people dn the There was no charge against her, and the tfourt advised her to go to the sanitarium as she first came baek to the court after she had been discharged and told the judge that one. -of her relatives had reached the city.

Just as, court was about to adjourn Will and a woman, who, he told the officers, was his wife, givH ing her name as. Mdnni) Whittaker, were brought to the. station. They were arrested fey OfhVer Gamribell on a jiharge of disturbing the peace. She says tney are not married and that she doee not want to live with Whit taker any more.

He' is very much in fatuated with her, however, and does not want her to leave him. She says they quarreled all day yesterday. They came here -about the first of 'January from Detroit, and Whittaker js weu connected tnere.v, He admitted that he loved the 4o man devotedly, said he had taken her all over the country with him and was proud to introduce her as his wife. He admitted' that he left bis own wife for the and she told him when he made the admission to go back to his wwe, ftecause she would not live with him again. kJ- The man is a Mason in good standing, and has been at work on the State National Bank building, at the corner or ruth ana Main.

The couple had a bank book showing that the money he earned" was de.posjied in the nam' of ihe, woman. iShe claimed that he T2Td not treat her well, that he would not buy lothes for her and that she wanted to go to work for herself and earn her own way into the. world. The an admitted toN the judge that he had, threatened to sftoothimself at one time if the women left him, and that on another oceasign he bad taken poi son in an enorr, to ena has life. The judge made an effort to tret the couple to leave the city, but she da- elined to leave with Wiittaker, though sne seemea wiiyng enough to go alone.

Whittaker rts' willing to go, and said he would leave the city without the woman and trv to give her up. They were both held at the noKce station until the case can be investigated fur ther. ALLEN CALLS FOR PROOF Fayetteville, Feb. 7. (SpecialA Hon.

B. P. Allen, railroad commissioner, nd Hon. Oscar H. Winn, both candidates for the commission, snoke here Saturday afternoon' in the courthouse.

In th course of he speeches Mr. Winn mde charges against Mr. Allen, declaring that he had affidavits to Drove them, whereupon Allen stated that if Mr. Winn would prove the charges he will retire from the Commission. Mr.

Wainh was formerly in collette here, and has a number of friends here who Attended the joint CAS Market Quotations Correct isoara or Trade, or wnicn Company Is a Memper. STOCK SHOWS WEAKNESS New York Feb. 7, Prices of stocks started a i sharp Recession from last week 'a closing; losses running to point or more in number of gpecnlative issues. j-' Another-xhlbiticin'jf weakness in, the atook 5 market with the resumption of business Jot the week; set eonjee-tu're in the financial district. Values crumbled rapidly under- Jhe condition without any: very- large Soma stress was MM-'aii ftha iidwn from Washineton erf the intended introduction today of tho American bill for.

Feden? corporations. niated Copper 3 3-4; Raited, States Steel 8 1-2) Chesapeake ana umo Southern. Pacific 3 1-4; Rock Island 8 1-8, and Union Pacific 3. LIVERPOOL COTTON. Liverpool," Feb.

7. Cotton spot in Ectdy'd demand, 10 higher; American middling fair, 8-5B. COTTON. LITTLE BOOK. Little Rock, Feb.

7 Tone, nominal. Low middling, 14c; middling, 14J; good middling, loc. Receipts Iron Choctaw Cotton IK. Wagon 1910. 158 802 81S 2 Totals 434 829 1.800 -Uiue.

Friday Blnce tjliipments-- 1 Today sw 1,925 172,410 51,854 316c 4-yince 1,100 ince.sepienroeri vo.im Stock i. 63,260 Middling Hit NEW YORK New Fell. T. Tone, quiet Mld- Bales, 100 Dales spot. Cloaed Opened.

BWh. Low: Closed. Sat'y. 14.04 14.09, 14.07 14.88, 14.08 15.07 14.89 14.06 14.89 14.88 14.00 14.74 14.00 14.78 12.08 12.88 M.W 12.89 May October. NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans," Feb. 7. Cotton-- i Closed Opened. tIlKh.Low, Closed. fcat'y 15.00 15.18 18.00 10.15 14.06 15.29 .15.84 18.14 .16.34 15.

IS July. 15.36 15.47 15.24 15.46 16.24. LIVERPOOL." -r Liverpool; Fen. 7. Receipts, 14,000 bales, Middling, gales 8,000 bales.

1 Tone, lirsi. Closed Openei Closed. Sit'y. 7.04 7.01 .7.81 Mav-Jnuii. 7.00.

7.87: 7.81 ufy 'August i 7.84 i 7.75.' Grain and Provisions. i CHICAGO MARKETS. Closed Wheat Opened. l.Wi x.uot Corai nl Ji .651 .051 .85 Outg v. .46 43i Lard' i v.i.,i 12.07 BllMI -itre 11.75 LOUIS.

MARKET. (Corrected -Dally oy Pendleton Grain Co.) St. iwuie. reo. i.rae tenia, market rlnifd ai foltuwa: Wheat Ne.

red. 1.26(31.27J: rnx 2 hard, $1.0901.15:. May. 11.104 bid: July, bid. orn No.

2. 3c May 654 filflWo Via: July, 65c bid. Outs No. 2, 46i46c; No, 8 white, 4," 40c(' MayK 451c; Jufyk 42c, nominal. 'BANK CLEARINGS.

Clearings .1340,244.10 iw 282,520.11 61,488.71 Balances Poatoff Ice 2,101.86 -LOCAL SITUATION. LITTLE ROCK GRAIN STATEMENT. i' KeceipnM- xoaay. mnee Jan. l.

to Dat. 48 1.728 1.864 Corn 18,000 8,000 279.000 620,000 Oata (bushel) 101.000 Wbeat (bushels). fihlpoienta- Hay (tons) 1,000 612 80,000 71,000 820 Corn (tnifiela). 6,000 4MA.00D Oats (buahela). Wheat (bushel).

108,000 1,000 COTTON SEED AND PRODUCTS. latt. Since Last T'r Recetpta Year. t. 1.

touat. Re 6 121(- 2,164 8,100 Kalpmenta-i, 7 llull 7 557 604 Meal .7 1. 674 ,1.112 Oil (ears). 1- 206 235 GRAIN AND FEED MARKET. (Official jobbing quotation by tlie Board Inf Trade grata and produce committee.) K'orn r.

.78 foata Wheat Bran .67 1.35 1.40 1.50 1.45 I 10.50 M.00 22 no 19.00 80.00 12.00 (Corn j. k'orn aqd oati Aborts Hat Arksnaas Territory Cottonseed Cotltonaeed hulls (In sacks) ICornmeal. 48 .3.10 awnmeeVi 24. 8.20 LOCAL FREIGHT STATEMENT. Receipts Testerdayf cars) Bran (ouaeed 5, feed 6, hay 4, hardware live xtock 2.

Honor 1. lumber 18. meat 2. oil 8. hirodnce 4, wood 8, merchandise -64, mlg- eiianeons 16; total 161, against 164 last treat.

Cotton, 05 bale. Cbrn, 18,000 bnsh-IpIb. OntS. 8,000 bushels. Wllmiienli team) Rran- 1 hnlldlnr mm tirial 4, cotfbnteed hulls 6, cottonseed meal (7, cottonseed oil 4, feed 8, furniture hard-tware 1, lumber 10.

meat 1. nimlimi 1. Iivood 2, merchandise 90. and mlacellaoeona total 138, against 13H last year. Cotton, 7(10 bales.

Corn, 6,000 ftnahels. Oats, 2,090 Miabels. iiiniCT NOI CHANGE LAW '1-4 ') A flnnnm nnnt n. r. tvTvS "WW 01 County Judge, on Order -v Relative to Delivery of Liauor Par oeia at Express Office, the Supreme Court today there an interesting' opinion handed down reversing a portion of a decree entered severer months" ago by the chancellor of Washington County In which the chancellor 'had made it a "crime preventing regulative order" against the delivering of liquor packages in -that territory and which the court holds that the order was without authority of law, Some time ago "two packages of Hquor were received by the Wells-Far-go Express Company at Fayetteville, consigned to Tom Dott, which proved to a fictitious character.

The matter was brought to the attention of who ordered the 'seiz-ure and destruction the liquor, un-' der: the statute provided for ihe protection of prohibited -districts. To this action the railroad company and express icompany did not object. Bnt the chancellor went further. He Ordered that, thereafter, 'the express agent should not deliver packages of liquor to any person from the office after night, except officers of the law, and to no one except1 an officer, day or night, until after six hours' notice of the receipt of Bach packages had been given the police officers of tho Vicinity. From this order both' the railroad company and the express appealed, holding it to be si usurpation of jurisdiction and without warrant of law, inasmuch as the statute expressly states how the officers are to proceed in carrying out the taw for the pre.

yentlon of the sale of liquor in prohibited territory. la Sufficient. In this contention thq Supreme Court sustains the appellants, holding that the law iays down the mode of pro-ceduroj showing how officers are to proceed where they fiave knowledge or reason to the illicit galo of liquor is being made; that they have a right to' destroy euch liquor when found, but that any order by a court going beyond this regulative power would be going beyond the law itself, and heace, in error. For this reason, the portion of the order appealed ifrom by the railroad and expres companies is reversed. Wheatley Geta New Trial.

A new trial is in store, for R. A. Wheatley, convicted in the Garland County Circuit Court on the charge of manslaughter and sentenced to two years in the The Supreme Court this' morning reversed the oase and sent it back for a new trial. Wheatley killed Bud Robbins in the latter 's pool-room in Hot Sprim a Lyear as-o, the facts being, it appears, luiiuws: Wheatley learned that his son had beeri mistreated 'toy one Wacasey or at least "ch was charged, and he went to -KooDins' pool-room to learn the cause; Bobbins, it is alleged, volunteered the ststement that Wacasey had hot mistreated the boy, whereupon Wheatlejj called a liar, according to the testimony in the case. Rabbins, it- is alleged, then struck Wheatley with a revolver, and in the altercation which followed Wheatley killed Bobbins.

At th. trial certain instructions were given by Judge Evans over the protest of Wheatley'a counsel relative to what constituted justification in Wheatley 's act. Appeal was then taken to the Supreme Court on the crrouhd that these instructions were erroneous, and in passing on the case the higher eourt, in -art, sustains this contention as to error, ajid for that reason re mands the case. Peyton Must Stand Trial. i Another important op'nion was down in the case of Arthur Peyton, the State havin taken the appeal, nowever.

Peyton was indicted in Jefferson County, on the charge of criminal as sault, but a demurrer was raised to the indictment by counsel for Peyton to the effect that the indictment did not state that the act was "aga'nst the will" of the prosecuting witness in the case, This demurrer was sustained by 'the circuit' judge, whereupon the estate appealed. The Supreme iCourt holds that the indictment was valid. "Of course the languav of the indictment must show that the act was against the will of the female," said the court, but the words used a statute to define an offense need not be strictlv pursued in an tadictment, provided other words conveying tne same meaning are used. Following this reason inn it: was shown that the context of the. indict ment showed beyond, ouestion that the cum.

was by force, and "left no es cape front the conclusion that the act was against the will of the female." or this reason tn case was re versed and sent back with instructions to over-rule the demurrer and (pro ceed with the trial of the case. Tax case no Advanced. A motion- was made 4y Assistant General Jiector, speaking for the State Tax Commission, to have the ease of the commission vs. A. B.

ttle, involv ing the decrease in assessment values in the eity of Texarkana, advanced as a matter of public interest, but the court declined, hs it was 'evident the case will be reached without particular delay. The case of George Donagheyi vs; J. involving the famous injunction against the State Capitol Commission, was dismissed in accord ance with a petition to that effect previously filed tby Counsel for' the former State cap'tol contractors, The oeeedings of -the- court -were as followsx 5- SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS Opinions Rendered. By Judge Mcculloch State vs. Peyton; reversed arid remsndl.

wtth Instruction tooverrnle demurrer and proceed with trial. Remmei vs. Collier: sfflrmed. Thomas Hvyck Martin Company vs. Oray; affirmed.

Iron Jfmintnln. Railway Company vs. Bhaw; affirmed. Crowder v. Pordyce Lumber Company; reversed and remanded wH directions.

By Jndjre Bsttle Whentley State; reversed, smd My Judne Frauentlial RwM, tHn. 'First National Bank vs. Relnmam; re- i ersea ftua remanded, with directions. 1 LOT V. KnilHl- br IDA I Submis8lona, Motions, Etc.

J. B. filbeck et al. vs. Nellie McTlernon; submitted on petition for rehearing.

Exchange National Bank vs. C. B. loe; four weeks. fit.

Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company vs. A. M. Carter; submitted. J.

II. Weller Stndeibttker Bros. Manufacturing Company; submitted. O. 0.

Mallett vs. G. M. Hampton; submitted. Bennan vs.

Shelby; submitted on petition for rehearing, i Boa HI Of Directors St. Francis Levee District vb. Tom Fleming; submitted on motion of appellee to modify decree. J. H.

Wright vs. B. ft H. Wooldrldge; stipulation amending the record under Rule 25. Board of Improvement' of Paving District No.

6 vs. T. 8. Oabonne; motion to advance a of public interest overruled. Ozark Insurance Company vs.

S. D. Johnston; passed to April 18. St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company vs.

Theodore Muxflelu" company; motion to. afflmu for noh-comnli-ance with Rule 9 overruled and appellee given until, FetoUary 14. J. M. Lowe.

v. Hart; given two week, on petition for rehearing. N. L. C.

Baker vs. C. H. Martin; submission set for March 14; time granted to correct record hi lower court. Cornish vs.

Friedman; record amended nnder Rule 25. State vs. A. B. Little: motion tn ml as matter of public Interest; motion denied.

irraiern union reicgrnph Company vs. J. R. Bangs, from Sebastian Circuit; submitted, George W. Donajfher vs.

Jota H. Martin. eau, from Pulasld rtiancerv! n.nnAnl din. missed. Board of Tinprovement of Sewer District No.

rAi. tlan rcult: argued orally and sirt)mltted. Jessie Collins vs. 8tate; from Seoastlon Circuit; submitted. H.

Wriglit vs. B. Wooldridge, from Cleveland Chancery; passed four weeks for submission. Roy Lismore vs. State and State vs.

Rov Llsmore, from Ouachita Circuit; submitted. St. LOUlS Iron Afmintnln nnx Railway Company vs. Lmrra C. White, from -ireuu; Bu-inniireo on renearing.

Per Curiam Orders. illiif faker vs. Beers; appellee given umtll March 28 to file brief and cause set for submission April 4. Poe vs. Toe; rehearing denied.

Spears Realty Company vs. Shlnn; re-hearlniig denied. Gershner vs. Scott-Mayer Commission Company; rehearing denied. Iron Motinitaln Railway Company vs M.

Townes; rehearing denied. McKlnncy vs. McCullar; motion to advance amd amrm as delay case overruled. "Wilson Ward Company vs. Farmers' Union Gin Company; reset for oral arjru-ment February 28.

Obituary MISS CAROLINE PEAY. The funeral services of Miss Caroline Peay will be held at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Sue C. Peay, 82l West Markham street, at 3 o'clock thig afternoon, Rev. H.

N. Hyde, of Christ Episcopal Church, officiating. The pall bearers will be George H. Lee Conoway Scott, Hayley M. BennettJ T.

H. Bunch, Moorehead Wright and A. C. Read. Interment will be in' the family lot in Mount Holly Cemetery.

The death of Miss Caroline Peay, wnicn occurrea at i o'clock on Sun day morning, at St. Vincent's Infirm ary, comes ss a great shock to a v.ide circle of relatives and friends Miss Poay was a native of Little Jack. She was born -in September, 1873. She was the youngest (laughter or alts, yrease feay andJhe late Captain Gorddn N. Peay.

Her grandfathers were, the late John Crease and the late Nicholas Peay. Tho brothers and sisters who survive Peay are mcnoias and uordon N. Peay, Mts. Jemnie Morrison, Mrs. Booker Martin mi Mrs.

Antoin The kindred of the Peay family includes, many of the best known families of Arknnsas, iventucky and Virginia. Mus Peiy at tended the Little Rock schools and afterwards finished her education at the Female Seminary in Baltimore. Miss Peay and her mother HvSl it the b'storic old family home, where their domestic and social traits ii.udo it a center of happiness for a host of relatives and friends. Miss Poay was a favorite at all social gatherings, nd her intelligence and ready wit added to the enjoyment of nil vho met her No young woman L'ttle Bock gave so much of her time nnd attention to church and chaiity work as Miss Peay. She was an earnest con 'stent member of Christ Episcopal Church, atid very active ir.

al! the work of the parish. As an officer is the so cieties for church work the Daughters of the King, the Mission Societies and other church organization she was an intelligent and earnest lender and worker. She was a successful Siirday school teacher. Miss Peay was identified with the active interests of I he Daughters of the Confederacy, and was a member of the executive board of tho- Bishop Leonidag Polk Memorial Association. MBS.

HARRIET FRANCES PATTERSON, Memphis, Feb. Mrs. Harriet Fran-ces Patterson, -one of the oldest and most beloved of the, older residents ot the city, died at her home, 633 Jeffer son avenue, yesterday morning at 7:20 'clock at the age or 77 years. Mrs. Patterson had lived in Memphis for more than 50 years.

GEO. B. PETTUS. Forrest City, Feb. 7.

Geo. B. Pt-tus, one of the leading financiers amd (business men of this city, is dead, nd his 'body was interred Sunday afternoon in the Forrest City eerue-tedv at 2:30 o'clock. Deceased is survived bv his wife and three daughters and three broth ers, vii: F. B.

Ii. and H- E. Pettus, all of this city; also two sisters, Mss Lillian Pettus and Mts. Anna S. Hubbard ot Fort Worth, Tex.

He was the senior member -of the firm of Pettus ft Buford, president of the Bank of Forrest City, a stockholder in the Southern Trust Company of Little Rock and had large holdings in real estate in this section. The past two yteaTg deceased spent Colowdo, and only returned to his home in this city Thursday morning, the 27th, very weak and debtlita'ed and entirely without nope or recovery. Deceased was born March 19, lent), in Oxford, Miss. JOHN W. MAVTER, Texsrkana, Feb.

7. W. Mayer died here Saturday at the age of 61 years. He began business in Texarkana as agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and later on went into business for himself, and THIRD AND MAIN. Capital and Surplus, $150,000.00.

LUMBER LOADING Supt. Copley of the Rock Island Admits That Opening of Mill Along His Line Is Causing Him to Call for All the Available Car. "The opening of lumber mills along our line has caused an enormous increasing in the loading of cars' with this freight," said Superintendent A. B. Copley of the Bock Island this morning, when asked regarding the report that the movement of lumber has shown- a remBrkable-increaHe.

with recent past. Mr. Copley, stated that the increase in loading of lumber on the Back Island lines on this district within the past ten days shows at least SO per cent. All available cars are being called for and the movement is being given every possible attention. According to Mr.

Copley the movement appears to be general. No special kind of lumber ds being' shipped to the exclusion of other kinds ami grades. The railroads lare buying largj lots of lumber for bridges, cars, buildings and the like, while barrel stuff is showing' an especially increased movement. Building material of all descriptions enters into this increase very materially. "In fact," concluded" Mr.

Copley, "the outlook for Arkansas business, from my viewpoint, is intensely flattering. It appears to me that we are now facing the beginning of the most prosperous era in the history of the State. The railroads are apparently en. tering upon a period of good business, ana iwnen tne rauroaas nave a greai deal of traffic the general public is prosperous. Enormous sums of money are being turned loose in this city and '3tate every month 'by the Rock Island, which is seldom though of by the aver age man.

When a railroad geta big business its expenses are great. The more it hauls the more it spends for labor. And therefore it appears to me that Little Bock and Arkansas stand a show of having the best business in their history." WILL BRING SUIT ON RALEIGH CLAIM Penitentiary Board Issues Notice to the Former State Convict' Labor Contractor That Settlement Must Be Made by Wednesday Noon. At a brief meeting of the State Penitentiary Board this morning, the claim of the penitentiary against R. Raleigh, a contractor formerly working a large number of State convicts, was, the chief topic of discussion, and a resolution was finally passed instructing the chairman of the board to notify Mr.

Raleigh that unless a settlement of his claim, approximating. 41 000, is made by noon Wednesday, the attorney general 'is hereby' instructed to proceed against him, his bondsmen and aU interested parties for. the tion of the claim, When the board met-a communication from Mr. Raleigh, was read, which he entered- a counter-claim amounting which he aske.1 as an offset to the claim of the State. This included various items which the board did not retard as valid against jt, emphatically declined to allow the claim.

Auditor Jobe suggested that the Attorney General immediately proceed to bring suit against the contractor and bondsmen. It was finally decided, hotwever, on motion of Secretary Ludwig, that Mr. Raleigh be notified to settle by Wednesday noon, and that in th-" vert of, his iRimre to do so, the suit la to be instituted ov Attorney Oenerar JNor- All three memtwra of the. board present, Auditor Jobe, Attorney era) Norwood ana secretary0f State ludwig, voted for this resolution A certificate was filed with the board by the penitentiary physician to the errect that Harry Taont, now an Inmate of the State Reform School, should be transferred to the State JIos-pital for the Treatment Nervous1 and an order to this effect was made by the board, aunt Was sent'ta the reform school from The pay-rolls for the reform school and the penitentiary wfe allowed, and (Supt. Pitcoek and 'pf.

Chestnutt empowered ao go-over the Wds for the supplies for the institutions for toe current month and recommend awsrdB. State Auditor Jobe and BuptTif. cock were also' appointed a ommittee to adjust a difference between the board and W. L. Reaves, relative to the eontract for the use of" the con'-victs in his possession covering a period or seven days following the 3d of Da- cember last, SHOWS INCREASE be put into condition to.

take care, of the nine they will be sent out, to start work at West End, adjacent to the Pulaski Heights station. Superintendent Copley today stated' that the ballasting of the line alone, would cost in the neighborhood of $75,000, and that he hone, tn hava completed by November I the present year. As soon as the ballast gangs complete a sufficient stretch of track to give the steel" gang room to work the new rails, which will be of 85-pound weight, will be started out. It is the intention of the management, according to Mr. Copley, to complete the line this year1.

At the present value of steel, more than $200,000 will be consumed in relaying this stretch of track with new steel. A part of this comes into thn Biddle yards, also, but is nt" included in 'the estimate of the inu provements there. It was first the intention of the Bock Island to lay ten miles with the (heavier steel this year and leave the remainder for the next year, but Mr Oonlev atatoA luuujy mai since that time it ha( been decided to put the i whole distance i the very best nossi. ii ape. This work has nothing to do with the improvements nnder way on tho main lfn, east nor those to be made on the Louisiana division.

The five-stall round house at Hulburt is now complete and th machine shop is nearly done, and considerable ballast work is being done in this line, also. DEMANDS GRANTED Laredo, Tex Feb. emanating, it is said, from reliable sources are current here today that American conductors and engineer, of the merged lines of Mexico have been granted Tall demands by th0 Mexican government. This means that no men will be em-ploysd unless undergoing an examination, and both orders will be represented on the examining board. RAILROAD NOTES.

F. Newcomb has been appointed agent for the Rock Island at El Dorado, succeeding C. W. Phillips, who has resigned to enter another fine of business. R.

K. Jones, who has been agent for the Rock Island, at Upland, has re-signed, and C. A. -Reubell has been A puumtou io succeed mm. The people of Hamburg are anxious that the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad be extended north to Pine Bluff.

The stockholders of the Midland vaney Kaiiroad will meet at Fort Smith tnfiv HM.r5v tn. jiurjiusirvvi electing a board of directors, aijd such routine business as may come before them. Some change in the official staff may be made. H. H.

Fir, who has been operator at the north end of the Baring Cross bridge for the Iron Mountain, today i went to Hope to become operator, sue- ceeding Barton Ashslsy, resigned. It is possible that the installation of the railroad traok scales at Biddle will be delayed' a short time in order that the location for them may be per- 1 manent, in view of the completion of the yards at that point. B. F. Yoakum wired yesterday that owing to a considerable amount of pressing business he will be unable to i attend the drainage convention here wis week.

Mr. Yoakum, the well known head of the Frisco, was invit- 1 uy uovernor uonagney to visit Lit-tie Rock during the convention this week. Superintendent C. B. Wildman, of mo euiru uiviBion or tne Iron Monn.

tain, was. in Little Bock yesterday, on business with the office of the general superintendent. He is quoted as saying I business is srood on his division. W. M.

Swift, a railway mail clerk on the Little Bock and Fort Worth i Railway postoffice, has been promoted from -class 4 to class 6, according to announcement from the office of Su-' Ssrintendent Gaines, of theEleventh istrict. tis NEW MAYOR OF BOSTON. ill in li i ii rrn. i mrvisrnn 'sh nsaw mitt administration, headed by John F. 'l' Fitzgerald as mayor, was inaugurated today.

"Fitzgerald is a Democrat, but was elected under the new lair which prohibited partisan tickets. FOB SALE Best butter Blue Valley Creamery at cer's. on earth, your gro- DDA 3. BROOKS, M. 219 East Tenth street Office hours, 1 to 5 p.

m. Telephone 3801. Beginning with all-wool materials, carefully selected for excellence of design and coloring, we put in expert tailoring up to the highest notch, in all our garments. J. A.

RICHMOND, 407 Main St. "Home of Fine Tailoring." SPECIAL IT NOTICE WILL SOON TELL Meeting the Directors of the Iron Mountain Being Held in St. Louts Today, Apparently to Close Consoli dation Negotiations. A special meeting of the board1 of directors of the Iron Mountain is ibe'ng hold in St. Louis today, apparently for the purpose of completing the negotiations for the consolidation of the short lines in Arkansas, Louisiana and Illinois.

Th's is a meetlncr ordered some )ntli8 ago to follow that pf the stockholders of the various short lines in the varipus States at which the matter of the sale of these roads to the Iron Mountain was voted upon. Cant. C. A. Pratt, president of the Exchange National Bank: W.

D. Cunningham, assistant superintendent of machinery for the Iron Mountain; J. G. Hollenbeck, assistant general passenger agent, and C. H.

Jackson, assistant general freight agent of the oomparay, accompanied W. L. Hemingway, general solicitor, for the company in Arkansas and Oklahoma, to St. Louis last might1 for the purpose of attending the meeting today. An announcement as to the manner in which the short lines will be operated under the reorganization is expected soon after the meeting of today.

WORK STARTS. ON ROCK ISLAND LINE First Gang, Consisting of 65 Men, Sent to Adona, in Perry County, yesterday, to Begin Ballasting Preparatory to Laying Heavier Steel on Main Line. The Rock Island Railroad Company yesterday sent out the first vang of men for the work of ballasting tin main line of the system from Boone-ville to Little Bock. The gang con sisted of 65 men and were started out from the Tenth Street Station of the Rock Island in the early part of the afternoon. Superintendent A.

C. Copley of the Rock Island and Contractor W. L. Reaves were at the station when the outfit pulled out. This eamp was pitched at Adona, a small station on the main line just this side of Ola, and the work of reballast-ing the line from that point west to Booneville started this morning.

Just as soon as additional cars can accumulated considerable property. He Iwas seized with pneumonia-two orl. three dayp ago and rapidly grew worse, He' leaves five children sad. a wife surviving him. He was buried by the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, of whicB he was a devoat member.

JUDGE DAVID B. BRTANT. Texarkana, Feb. 7. (Special.) Judge David Bryant, judge of the Federal Court for the Eastern district of Texas, died at St.

Louis Saturday afternoon. He was in the Aluxian Broth ers Hospital for operation and was stricken with paralysis Friday and never' recovered. He has been on the Federal bench for about 20 and is well liked by all who knew him. He wu about 60 -ears old and leaves a widow and several children, all of whom were at his bedside at the time of his death; MRS. M.

F. REYNOLDS. Arkadelphia, Feb. 7 (Special.) Mrs. M.

F. Reynolds, mother of Mrs. John H. Hinemon, died at Mr. Hine- mon's residence, at 3 o'clock this morning.

Mrs. Reynolds has been an invalid for many years, and was 73 years of age. She had planned to spend the winter in Arkansas, coming to Arkadelphia shortly before Christmas. She had been confined to her bed for several Three of Mrs. Hine mon 's brothers visited Mrs, Reynolds during the last lew days.

The deceased knew that death was near, and gave all -the -details for her accordance to her request, the remains will be taken to Union City, to be interred by the side of her hus band, who died several years ago. The surving children are Elder G. A. Reynolds, Jackson, Elder W. 6.

Reynolds, Kenton, Messrs. Walter and Thomas R. Reynolds, Union City, and Mrs, Hinemon. For Artistic Floral Desists go to Vestals, Florists, 409 Main St. Phones 463.

Paul' Palez, Manager. NEWORGANIZATION OANONO, FITZGERALD CO. Cotton Brokers, MADISON STREET, MEMPHIS, TENN. 7. Distance phone 4686.

am now associated with above firm, one of oldest established brokerage firms-in Memphis. Members New York and New Orleans1 Cotton Exchange. 1 WALTER COTTER. On motion the board theni adjourned flsn Com-until Wednesday, February pany v. State; reversed..